A beautiful remembrance of Beau Biden from @sfpelosi http://t.co/W5AyrLXvvl
— meta (@metaquest) June 1, 2015
Heartbreaking @pkcapitol piece on Biden, stoic in grief and generous in its aftermath http://t.co/iMl83oAStM
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2015
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Per VP's office: Beau Biden died Sat night surrounded by his entire family (wife, children, parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins).
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) May 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/tchopstl/status/604840202415120384
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"It’s our job...to feed hope & not just feed fear" —@POTUS to Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan: http://t.co/FUCGfJ954mhttps://t.co/pCtPml8gaM
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) June 2, 2015
"We have work to do, as a nation, to make sure that all of our heroes’ stories are told." —@POTUS #MedalOfHonor http://t.co/5ej6DIHPpB
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) June 2, 2015
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MUST READ: Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white people http://t.co/HnOMAqypTs pic.twitter.com/zUKpSRyTkW
— deray (@deray) June 1, 2015
23 Wellston, MO officers turn in badges as department disbands http://t.co/4qHESq8N5l pic.twitter.com/pT3tz7QL4t
— deray (@deray) June 2, 2015
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Wear orange to fight guns and honor Hadiya Pendleton: http://t.co/68WqMy0NW9 #WearingOrange pic.twitter.com/Bi1iEdm9j0
— Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) June 2, 2015
Huge thanks to musician Michael Stipe for #WearingOrange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2nd! pic.twitter.com/ovlDp1g5iu
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) May 30, 2015
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https://twitter.com/jaymielynnie/status/605736589105360897
Outrageous that we don't track Americans killed by police. Thank you Guardian for counting. http://t.co/TM2ytTHqV1 http://t.co/TM2ytTHqV1
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) June 2, 2015
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Thank you, President Obama
F.C.C. Chief Seeks Broadband Plan to Aid the Poor, via @nytimes http://t.co/KYaDbSXPxO
— i am james baldwin (@iamJamesBaldwin) June 2, 2015
Tribal school gains "historic" waiver from No Child Left Behind rules http://t.co/HM6bjdWA0z pic.twitter.com/1Fau3yp4Eg
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 2, 2015
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Facts
https://twitter.com/rey_z/status/605448021350969345
https://twitter.com/AllyHopkins_/status/604357757089656833
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https://twitter.com/SpeedReads/status/605734008995987456
“I believe in your ability to
— Wisdom Rocks (@GetWisdomDude) May 29, 2015
Prove the doubters wrong.” ~President Obama
President grants her clemency. Will You?http://t.co/azDVFXOFmW
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Developing: Bomb blast hits a busy market in Nigeria's Maiduguri killing as many as 50 people http://t.co/1ksF2G341q pic.twitter.com/PnHUre25az
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) June 2, 2015
Russian planes and a U.S. warship have a close encounter near Crimea, (via @barbarastarrcnn) http://t.co/u0YpSZfyj7 http://t.co/7NGlJIxbwW
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 2, 2015
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That’s not how it works, Lindsey. That’s not how any of this works
Lindsey Graham: "I have more experience on national security than anyone in this race. That includes you, Hillary." http://t.co/SbQAhkfGes
— WSJ Politics (@WSJPolitics) June 2, 2015
Tobey Maguire, Spiderman himself, is hosting a Hillary Clinton fundraiser at his LA home, @mateagold scoops https://t.co/5i795DiS1U
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 2, 2015
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JUST IN: Man under surveillance by Joint Terrorism Task Force shot and killed in Boston; police say suspect pulled a large knife on officers
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) June 2, 2015
DFB: Germany will not boycott World Cup over Fifa corruption claims http://t.co/KiNCS2fvvS
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 2, 2015
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Awesome
A 20-year-old has a completely new approach to keeping oceans clean: http://t.co/vMD3Uvu078 pic.twitter.com/9JwAyl0K6X
— Insider Business (@BusinessInsider) June 2, 2015
Texas legalizes medical marijuana oils for epilepsy http://t.co/igjzGruqu1 pic.twitter.com/UOyDiV3IMj
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 2, 2015
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TSA missed weapons in 95% of undercover airport security tests http://t.co/HtPLnGvWnK pic.twitter.com/jDnBxqm7IR
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 2, 2015
TSA head reassigned after agency fails 95 percent of airport security tests http://t.co/GDy5KGKrZj
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 2, 2015
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Wal-Mart raises wages for thousands of managers... in some cases, up to $10.90 an hour. http://t.co/vbviTEsECM
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) June 2, 2015
State Senate passes a bill to raise California's minimum wage from $9 to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, then to $13 in 2017: http://t.co/4gqA6oBKCU
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 2, 2015
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Another day, another Bush disaster to clean up
Yes, Bush helped create ISIS — and set the Middle East up for a generation of chaos http://t.co/wXB5JnC7BW pic.twitter.com/ne8502pZ6g
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 2, 2015
.@NTSB releases preliminary report on Philadelphia Amtrak crash http://t.co/FhRXD5uuVY pic.twitter.com/Ui5Qw4lqag
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 2, 2015
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Patients are going to extremes to obtain a Hepatitis drug that's 1% the cost outside the U.S. http://t.co/BDTfOD91cm pic.twitter.com/XC0vg8pPtD
— Bloomberg (@business) June 2, 2015
Conservative #txlege passed few #abortion bills, writes @alexazura. http://t.co/NSI0C6uCmk pic.twitter.com/8o9ntkCS9B
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 2, 2015
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Let's celebrate Caitlyn & use her moment to uplift trans folks facing insurmountable economic barriers for affirming healthcare.
— Janet Mock (@janetmock) June 1, 2015
I just wanna say thank you to Caitlyn Jenner for making it easier to know who from high school to stop being Facebook friends with
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) June 1, 2015
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Supreme Court backs discrimination claim of woman who interviewed in head scarf at Abercrombie & Fitch. http://t.co/jvhkMDnEYL $ANF
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) June 1, 2015
In Hong Kong micro apartments going for macro prices. Take a tour of a 180 square foot apartment: http://t.co/lQcG8r3Kf7
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 2, 2015
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Sometimes, the Washington Post can be really stupid
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/605431234626498562
The Kansas Supreme Court challenged Republicans' agenda. Their solution: Replace the judges http://t.co/qyYGoUPwkj pic.twitter.com/vpsjFTz3O1
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 1, 2015
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https://twitter.com/AntDeRosa/status/605347761152765953
This photo has raised doubts about police shooting of Jermaine McBean, @TracyConnor reports http://t.co/8x4ZZC0DBQ pic.twitter.com/SQwkXJsRio
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 31, 2015
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University student killed mom after arguing about grades, cops say http://t.co/foN9bqbu6Y pic.twitter.com/x1EQeMmGgn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 1, 2015
2013 Median household net worth:
— deray (@deray) June 2, 2015
Whites $141,900
Hispanics $13,700
Blacks $11,000http://t.co/aEg67V1hFV pic.twitter.com/hofNHKhv0r
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GE begins sale process for $40 billion chunk of U.S. lending unit http://t.co/WPtVVTVKLg
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) June 1, 2015
Drinking 4 cups of coffee a day is bad for you, study says http://t.co/wGP7WIWbAg
— TIME (@TIME) June 1, 2015
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https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/605056290323374080
Police killed 1,144 people in 2013. That's 7% of 16,121 US homicides that year.
— deray (@deray) June 1, 2015
(Source: http://t.co/f0GwfHMHQH and http://t.co/g0gvubpIpT)
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Fox News's Megyn Kelly can't handle the truth about race and the justice system http://t.co/kcgMTetuT4 via @voxdotcom
— drlearnalot, RL voodoo doll (@DrLearnALot) May 31, 2015
Someone you know has had an abortion.
— Annie Jo (@grimalkinrn) May 31, 2015
Someone you know will need one.
Of people who can become pregnant, 1 in 3 will need an abortion.
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If @WesleyLowery is right, then between 7 and 10% of all homicides in America are police shooting civilians. http://t.co/YL9qyPyANu …
— John Roman (@JohnKRoman) May 31, 2015
So far this year, police have shot and killed 385 people, more than two a day, according to a new WashPost analysis http://t.co/jlTHK6KuKA
— “Mark Berman” (@markberman) May 31, 2015
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Five months into the year, we're approaching the average # of fatal police shootings the FBI has reported annually. https://t.co/LEvHkIhIBV
— Steven Rich (@dataeditor) May 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/604818419544911872
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https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/604818110135312384
DOJ's Ron Davis on fatal police shootings: “Most are preventable.” http://t.co/P1yZUb5GUL
— kimberly kindy (@kimberlykindy) May 31, 2015
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Former Brooklyn Tea Party head and anti-obscenity candidate arrested for child porn possession http://t.co/9Cepvj1PIn
— Propane Jane™ 🔥💣 (@docrocktex26) May 30, 2015
"You simply cannot be leader of the Republican Party w/o appearing to know less than a 5th grader abt earth science" http://t.co/ZG88IkzXpO
— Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) (@speechboy71) May 30, 2015
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Ninth Circuit rules against 20-week abortion law http://t.co/XPeigatmO2
— Alex Burns (@alexanderburns) May 30, 2015
More indictments expected in FIFA case, I.R.S. official says http://t.co/sTL8F0Q1dr pic.twitter.com/iVCN3asa2V
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) May 29, 2015
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The media is reporting Carly Fiorina supports equal pay. Her record on legislation disagrees: http://t.co/4K1tjphb4Y pic.twitter.com/RtbcCQMweV
— Media Matters (@mmfa) May 29, 2015
So much closeted gay sex in the Republican community, they should really learn to set themselves free.
— Propane Jane™ 🔥💣 (@docrocktex26) May 29, 2015
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House speakers that helped impeach Clinton:
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 29, 2015
1. Gingrich (Having affair w/aide)
2. Livingston (Had affair)
3. Hastert (Alleged sex abuse)
Hulu Pulls Every Episode of "19 Kids and Counting" #JoshDuggar
— Shadow and Act (@shadowandact) May 29, 2015
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Police deleted 83 minutes of security footage after shooting unarmed boy 16 times http://t.co/wuBncnZY5r
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) May 29, 2015
And, that's it. California statewide snowpack now at zero percent (0%) of normal. No more runoff this summer. pic.twitter.com/M7GIgi7eli
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) May 29, 2015
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FBI confirms wide-scale use of surveillance flights over U.S. cities http://t.co/YpxHnwSYan
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 2, 2015
Powers expire for US phone data collection but other programmes continue http://t.co/usufD4AlKx #BBCGoFigure pic.twitter.com/OhQiiREp3u
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 1, 2015
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https://twitter.com/QuadCityPat/status/604417527561584641
BREAKING: Cleveland Prosecutor McGinty has filed an appeal in the #BreloTrial http://t.co/8IXN6NuobF pic.twitter.com/hg1da0fyx7
— deray (@deray) May 29, 2015
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When Tom Morello, Yes, that Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine is saying “turn the music down!” Virginia, there is no Santa Claus 😂
Well it finally happened. I just told my kids to "turn the music down!" in their room.
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) May 29, 2015
Yall my dad has no chill about graduation
— Josh (@Joshxxu) May 27, 2015pic.twitter.com/xv0oe22doS
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Someone’s having a good day 😂
Smiling pig gets the last laugh after police place him in back seat of patrol car http://t.co/isxcCBnQSl pic.twitter.com/AOJjlkevuX
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 1, 2015
You can tell a lot about someone by how hard they laugh when you ask to borrow money.
— Eeric (@ericsshadow) May 31, 2015
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Fred and Ethel….Old People…Florida…Amirite 😂
An 82-Year-Old Man Was Arrested For Allegedly Slashing An Elderly Woman's Tires Over Bingo http://t.co/Rzl4ezhC8i pic.twitter.com/vswdvCHgfx
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) May 30, 2015
KENNEDY: lets keep our affair a secret
— Bob Vulfov (@bobvulfov) May 21, 2015
MARILYN MONROE: ok i'll sing happy birthday all sexy & weird at ur bday
K: pls dont
MM: *winking* ok
The Obama Diary 
FURST.
Victory!
Thank you Nerdyaroo for a spectaaaaaaaaaacular round-up!!!
so, when is this punk gonna wear the orange dress?
The biggest laugh is that Platini is favorite to replace him …. the same Platini who voted for Russia and Qatar: and in return supposedly got a Picasso from Putin, and a swanky job with a Qatari company for his son. 🙄 #FryingPanFire
you mean this honest feller?
completely corrupt cabal. #alliteration 😎
That’s the one 🙂 French fraudulent fake. 😎 Unlike Blatter, though, a fantastically fab footballer.
figo for fifa. 😎
😆 Feverishly fanciable – so yeah, he’ll do.
Oh, Michel shouldn’t pop the champagne yet. Chuck Blazer’s testimony is set to be released this week. This isn’t the beginning of the end. It’s not even the end of the beginning. It’s the 3rd minute of the first half.
🙂
Chips – You are so baaaaadddd. And hysterical!
YAY for AMK!
GM JF.
President Obama’s full 37-minute interview with Israel Channel 2: http://www.mako.co.il/tv-ilana_dayan/2015-50ed0843c59ad410/Article-8280013c945bd41006.htm?sCh=07437f8dd8836110&pId=976147211
Ah terrific, thank you LP – loved the clip in the tweet.
I still can’t figure out how to embed <iframe…." videos…have you solved that mystery yet?
I just finished watching this wonderful interview.
PBO is surely the smartest President ever as he demonstrates once again the giant grasp of history and human behavior that he has at his fingertips. How will we survive after him? Thinking about the current crop of candidates who will follow PBO in the WH after watching this tour de force makes me feel ill.
I don’t know Hebrew, but there is a nice PBS style documentary (on the arc of the relationship between PBO/Bibi) that is posted on the site as well….about 65% of the people interviewed speak English and its about 30 minutes long. I haven’t had a chance to watch this interview in full yet, but the Channel 2 woman seems like an objective journalist.
The interview is in English.
fathers’
Disqualified as a result of using a completely random F.
random f is my schtick.
ferb?
😆
Another amazing round-up, NW. Thank you, thank you!
Thanks, Meta.
Unfreakinbelievable.
SO glad you did this, meta. Shocking is a woeful understatement.
ut, If I punch dumbya’s fuggly face, promise me you’ll get me a new laptop.
No comment. 🙂
fedex 😦 😥 😡
F***ed.
Great tweeter round up. Thanks Nerdy.
🙂
Great tweet, as usual, Bob!
Thank you, Jacqueline. Hope your day is off to a good start!
It is, Bob – thank you!
people who did not want PBO to even start a dialogue with Iran about its nukes are now shamelessly adding demands about what should also be included in the negotiations
We can add that to our loaded binder of “things we’re not surprised they’d do.” They make me sick!
The age old ? finally answered 😀
“That wet smell is from the microorganisms that live in your dog’s fur like yeast and bacteria. These organisms excrete stinky volatile compounds. But if these compounds are always being produced in your pet, why does the bath make them stand out? When your dog gets wet, the water displaces and liberates these organic volatile molecules from the surface of the dog’s fur allowing them to find their way right into your nose.”
Ugggggggggggggggggh!1!1!!!! And I was completely wondering why himself is a bit smelly despite his swimming EVERY day!!!
I feel enlightened 🙂 …but all those damn shampoos I blamed 😀
OK, you didn’t know wet dogs stunk? I may have to unfriend you.
who said wet dogs stink? #dryonestoo.
It was Daddy Warbucks in Annie, I remember quite well!
AMK, did you see that article I posted on Indian pilots getting licenses after only 35 hours as co-pilots and the gov renewing all 4000 current licenses w/o review?
Are you ready for the music I’ve been saving for ya?
“Microsoft will release the Windows 10 operating system for tablets and personal computers on July 29. Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s head of operating systems, made official various elements that have dribbled out in recent months after the company said it was planning a summer launch for the next version of its flagship OS. Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for most machines running versions 7 or 8.1 (enterprise versions aren’t included), while Windows Phone owners will have to wait longer. Anyone considering the upgrade should make sure their PC can handle running the new software smoothly. Testing and reviews will provide the best answer, though Microsoft’s initial specifications signal that any PC cable of running Windows 7 or 8.1 should be able to make the leap. The OS will ship with the digital personal assistant Cortana, a new Web browser called Edge and, perhaps most importantly, the beloved Start menu that had been eliminated in version 8.1. Windows 10 will also include free antimalware protection and continuing security updates..continued”
21 Desktop Backgrounds That Are Crushing It 😆 😆
You better make sure your PC can handle this upgrade. I did some research and my mother board can’t handle it.
I don’t plan on upgrading… I’m still on Windows 7 and don’t even use explorer. I can’t even close my laptop b/c the monitor will stop working from when I dropped it a year ago….took 3 months for the the screen to magically light up again 😀
If one didn’t know what had happened in Congress, old Markie almost makes it appear that President Obama might be the one holding things up usually but that, in this case, it was an unexpected fast turnaround for him to sign it, rather than go golfing or something.
Of course, I’m an O-bot, so that’s the way I see everything – gotta admit that!
EXACTLY JO’B! I was thinking exactly the same – I just didn’t quite know how to articulate it at the time I posted this tweet,because I was busy at another task. But it’s clear that he was being snide with this tweet — hoping to get feedback from his RW minions on Twitter.
GM, hf! Glad you got it, too, and I wasn’t just being … shall we say … overprotective!
“MILPITAS — It turns out that one person’s junk is indeed someone else’s treasure. A South Bay recycling firm is looking for a woman who, in early April, dropped off boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her house after her husband died. About two weeks later, the firm, Clean Bay Area, discovered inside one of the boxes a rare find: a vintage Apple I, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers put together by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976. The recycling firm sold the Apple I this month for $200,000 to a private collection, Vice President Victor Gichun said. And now, because company policy is to split proceeds 50-50 with the donor, he’s looking for the mystery woman who refused to get a receipt or leave her name….
…”We are looking for her to give her $100,000,” Gichun said. She had stopped by on a Friday just before closing time. “She said, ‘I want to get rid of this stuff and clean up my garage,’ ” Gichun said. “I said, ‘Do you need a tax receipt?’ and she said, ‘No, I don’t need anything.” The company had a backup of donations, and didn’t immediately go through her boxes. He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier. Gichun’s own mother died at age 54, and he remembers how his father suffered afterward. Maybe, Gichun said, having some extra cash might help the woman…continued”
Why I lurve my job.
Ha!
Perfection.
Terrific roundup, Nerdy–I learned so much tonight. Thanks for all the hard work these nightly gems take.
Ditto from me, Nerdy. What a treat this compilation is, especially PBO doing the interview. Wow. Just, wow.
Thanks, Vicki.
Thank you for the wonderful feedback, Jackie.
DEAR GOD!
This fellas TL has all the Brit front pages:
Supper, anyone?
Good evening TOD! Thank you so much for the wonderful posts the last few days, and in particular the most recent interview with Israeli tv. I simply cannot comprehend how we are going to survive when this man leaves office. We are so blessed. His thoughtfulness, and world view are so necessary given the times we live in. He is going to be an impossible act to follow. I only hope that he continues in the public eye to keep us satisfied:-)
It is a sad week thinking about the Bidens. Their loss is unimaginable. I am so grateful for this community. Hope everyone is doing well.
A friend of mine with an anthropology background suggested that Republicans are actually another species living among us, a fact that scientists have yet to prove but are probably all working on determining in their labs.
Or, as she put it, look at the eyes.
This would explain a lot.
Eek – Sorry about the super huge image of the new species. (Eek.)
Maybe it needs to be huge so those who are blind to their true nature can actually see? It astounds me that these “people” are still allowed to speak in public.
I was just having that same conversation on Twitter with someone who agrees, big time! Maybe we need billboards about it!
I wonder if I tweeted something that drew attention, or ?? Ha.
“Grassp added you to list GrasspIt/grasspit-cannabis-legal”
G’Night Jacq – eyes are drooping!
Goodnight – I’m outta here, too!
As a native of the formerly industrialized Midwest that is now called the Rust Belt, I understand the concerns and misgivings that some harbor for international trade agreements – and I share some of them – but I do not share the abject pessimism of the detractors. Given the strong pro-worker positions President Obama has championed and fought for, and considering his success in steering us out of the worst economic crisis of our lifetime, I await a draft of this international trade agreement with measured optimism. As Obama has said, we have an opportunity to write the rules for the 21st Century.
Moooooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/03/early-bird-chat-536/